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The Study Group on Social Dynamics-Cuba, of the Cuban Observatory of Human Rights conducted a survey to badess what Cubans are waiting for changes in the draft constitutional reform, approved unanimously last weekend in the National Assembly of People's Power and that should be subject to a referendum. Only 17.66% of the 952 respondents believe that this change in the Magna Carta will improve their lives.
The figure falls to 14.11% in the age group that includes the under 30s. . The majority of respondents across the Internet and throughout the island, do not know if their lives will improve constitutional change. This is the opinion of 47.13% of respondents, while 35.22% is convinced that nothing can be improved.
Priorities for Constitutional Change
The findings of the Cuban Observatory on Human Rights Survey also highlight the priorities of constitutional change that should be focused on economic and social concerns, on political rights and the extension of new rights such as equal marriage.
What worries the most 77.62% of those questioned is the right to health and education ; monitoring of the right to housing, drinking water and adequate food (77.41%). Third, the right to a decent job and pension (60.99%) and the right to freedom of opinion, press and badociation (50.72%), which is much more important for young people under 30 years old. The right to private property and participation in corporations and cooperatives outside the state (48.97%) or marriage between same-bad couples (22.07%) are also of concern. This percentage rises to 33.13% among young people.
It is striking that the vote of Cubans abroad is considered a priority only for 21.15% of respondents.
The Role of the Communist Party
Most respondents disagree with the forced monopoly of the Cuban Communist Party (CCP) and bet on the multi-party system.
57.80% think that the main role of the CCP should be eliminated against 14, 07% who believes that this should be maintained.
62.32% consider that the new Constitution should allow the existence of other political parties, against 11.19%, who think otherwise.
42.61% considers that the irrevocable nature of socialism should be eliminated from the Constitution, compared to 23.41%, which does not consider it.
Participation in the referendum
The survey of the Cuban Observatory of Human Rights also asked questions about participation in the referendum needed to approve certainly ban constitutional reform. Only 5.24% would vote to defend the government. 25.67% will vote to avoid problems at work and will not be notified; 24.13% to exercise their right and there is 23.82% undecided.
These data, in the opinion of pollsters, reveal "the fear and mistrust of Cubans before a voting process, which in Cuba is still coercive and lacks collateral."
Level of knowledge of the Constitution
86.45% consider that "it is a good time" to propose and make a new Constitution.
51.95% admit that only knows "certain parts of the constitutional text" in force, 35.73% do not know at all and 12.32% "know it well".
76.28% know that a reform is being processed.
83.37% do not know who to send a constitutional change proposal, if any.
50,61% identify Raúl Castro first secretary of the Communist Party, as responsible for the ongoing constitutional reform.
These figures show, according to pollsters, the level of opacity with which it was taken in the constitutional reform in Cuba.
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